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Red says: “At first these walls scare you and then you get used to them and finally you get dependent on them”. What does he mean?

The Shawshank redemption

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Red means that sooner or later the prison walls become a comfort to the men. The walls insulate them from the real world. In prison, everything is predictable. Outside the walls, life is full of unpredictability and chaos.